A step-by-step guide on how to buy & store the Neo (NEO) cryptocurrency

What is Neo?

NEO is the first open source blockchain project to be built & based in China.

What are NEO coins?

NEO coins are the 'gas' to run the system and are required to interact with the network.

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How to buy Neo

Important notes: The links in this guide are correct as to the best of our knowledge. It is your own responsibility to double check that clicked links look correct in your browser bar, and that any wallet you install on your computer is from a legitimate source.

It's highly recommended to have quality virus/malware protection on your computer, such as Bitdefender, before buying cryptocurrencies.

Note: As always, we encourage you to double check every link you click to be sure you're being taken to the correct website.

Press 'New wallet'.

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You will be asked to input a password. Enter something that would be hard to guess (that you won't forget!).

Click 'Create'.

Note: if you lose this password you can lose access to your coins.

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You will be prompted to download a keystore file.

Click 'DOWNLOAD KEYSTORE'.

A file will be downloaded to your computer.

Read the warning it gives you, and make sure you take the time to understand it:

Do not lose it! It cannot be recovered if you lose it.

Do not share it! Your funds will be stolen if you use this file on a malicious phishing site

Make a backup! Secure it like the millions of dollars it may one day be worth.

We recommend saving the file to a private and safe USB stick or external harddrive. But make sure it's something only YOU have access to- if someone else finds this file and knows what it is they could open your wallet and take your coins.

Once you're done, press 'Continue'.

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You will be given your private key.

This is a way of opening your wallet without using the Keystore file. So you should treat is exactly like that Keystore file- keep it secret and keep it safe.

Press 'Print paper wallet'. This will open up a file you can print that shows your private key and wallet address. If you choose to print this, again, keep it somewhere very safe and private.

Press 'Continue'.

Important Note: We all hear of computers and phones being hacked. Websites running illicit code to steal passwords. Phishers tricking people into clicking links that steal information from their computers.

Another line of defence to keep our coins from being siphoned out of our wallets is essential.

And that's a hardware wallet.

Hardware wallets plug into your computer like a USB stick, and they have one job- to be a firewall between your Neo and the outside world.

To do this, they encrypt the private keys to your cryptocurrency wallets so that no-one- not even you- can know them. That way only someone with physical access to your hardware wallet- and who also knows its password- has a chance to access and move your coins.

Which hardware wallets support Neo?

Hardware wallets made by Ledger support the storage and sending of Neo.

There are also some other exchanges (but without step-by-step guides) listed here.

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If you use this link to sign up to Coinbase we'll both receive ten dollars of free coins when you spend over $100 (or the equivalent in your currency).

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Press the 'sign up' button and fill out your name (make sure this is exactly how it's written on your photo ID), email and a password.

Just like a US bank, Coinbase is regulated by the US government, and has to follow strict financial rules. So they take verifying your identity very seriously. It's a pain, but it does give Coinbase a reputation for being the most trusted way to convert fiat currency to cryptocurrency.

To verify your account you must supply a phone number, upload an image of your photo ID and verify a credit/debit card or bank account before you can buy.

Use your selected method of authentication to generate the number and write it in the box. Press 'Confirm'.

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You will be sent an email to confirm the withdrawal.

Go to your personal email and click the link Cex.io has sent you. This will send the coins on their way.

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Go back to LocalBitcoins.

You should still be in your wallet page.

In the box labelled 'Receiving Bitcoin address' paste the Ethereum wallet address we just copied from Binance.

Enter the amount of Bitcoin you're sending.

Press 'Continue'.

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You will be asked to enter your password to confirm the send.

Once entered, press 'Send from wallet'.

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You will be taken back to your wallet and a message will appear to confirm the Bitcoin has been sent.

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Hopefully you're now verified on Coinmama, so log into your account and press 'Buy Ethereum'.

You will be presented with some buying options- you can either choose to purchase a preset amount, or at the bottom of the page enter the amount of Ethereum you want, or currency you want to convert to Ethereum.

Once you're satisfied with the amount, press the 'Buy Ethereum' button.

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You will be asked to supply your Ethereum wallet address. Input the wallet address that you copied from Binance.

Press 'Go to payment'.

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You will be asked for your credit/debit card details. Input them and press 'Pay Now'.

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You may be informed that Coinmama has received your order but 'are reviewing the order and making sure you're really you.' This just means they're double checking your credit/debit card information to your personal information to be sure this is a legitimate purchase.

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Once they've confirmed everything, you will be sent an email to confirm the purchase. Go to your inbox, find the email and double check it shows your correct Ethereum wallet address you copied from Binance. When you're happy, click the confirmation link in it.

Coinmama will now send your coins to your wallet address.

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Now we've got to wait a few minutes for the coins to move across the network.

Unless there's an unusually large network backlog, the coins will take between 20 and 60 minutes to appear in your Binance wallet.

Binance will update automatically so there's no need to refresh the page.

While you're waiting, consider sharing this guide with your friends and followers to spread the word about
Neo, encouraging its popularity and value to grow.

Once the Ethereum shows in your 'available balance' we're ready to trade for Neo.

Click here to jump straight to the NEO/ETH exchange market on Binance.

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The exchange page can look overwhelming at first, but don't worry, we're only going to use a small part of it.

There are two ways of buying coins:

A 'Limit' order, which lets you manually set the price at which you want to buy NEO.

A 'Market' buy, which fills your order automatically at the best price available.

As market buy is the simpler of the two options we'll go with that.

Look for the big green 'Buy NEO' button.

Above it, click the 'Market' option.

In the input box marked 'Amount' you now need to fill in how many NEO you'd like to buy. It may be easier to use the percentage buttons below the input box- for example, press 50% if you'd like to exchange 50% of your Ethereum for NEO.

When you're happy with the amount, press the buy button.

Your order will be filled immediately.

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Hover over 'Funds' along the top menu, then click 'Balances'.

In the search box, type NEO. You will now see your new NEO in your NEO wallet.

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If you're comfortable with it, you could just leave your coins on Binance and they would probably be safe. However, exchanges have been hacked in the past, and people have lost coins, so we do recommend you keep them in a personal wallet. Here's how:

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